New Supreme Court Session Promises Fireworks

9/29/2011 5:12PM

Wall Street Journal Reporter Jess Bravin gives a preview of the U.S. Supreme Court's 2011-12 term which features a big three lineup of potential cases -- the Obama health law, gay marriage and the Arizona immigration law.

This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.

... the ... on the twenty cases are headed to the seaplane cold actually just when it has the story Johns's now from Washington DC I'm just a something doesn't couldn't saw my one of my favorite writers J R Tolkien the Walsall the holders ... will get some Lanham on Fed policy privacy privacy of your sign on top tells about it ... the Supreme Court is back for summer vacation ... Monday we got a slew of cases that to ... really test the lines between ... what the Constitution means ... but here in the digital age ... and yet the case that that that the jurors in Casey ... will ... also copyright protection ... for works there in the public domain those are words that they ... do not currently have a right ... in the case of Oelz whether Congress can ramp up the rights ... to foreign works that to happen happened ... perhaps it's part of us obligation under international treaty ... but the ... artists the composers and a small company name Gool all feel that it violates their constitutional rights to take works that they could use freely ... unsightly attach ... conditions that might take them ... away in stock ... well that just you know with with such a strict construction has been ... on the Supreme Court ... yell I read the Constitution Brad's the absence of a great school history and ... social sciences but ... I don't remember it interesting digital content ... did ... it but it doesn't address copyrights and it says that Congress can grant to Arthur's ... adults investors ... exclusive use of their ratings for a limited time so ... certainly has the power to issue copyrights the question is what is a limited time ... and how does that play against the Constitution's ... equal important guarantee ... of ... speech ... which ... he published his essay they have relied on rather than ... users is such that ... with Sammy and losing just a bit better on onthe on the sound down of the Hoeppli mate getting back to the question lineout ball for four days for me when we get into that ... um we've probably gone but message and it didn't just can you pick up the phone for us all that we've got a phone not suggest as anyone handicapping whether the whole that is done I'd be copyrighted or not because in the morning that this is a big deal ... well ... but what ... I did really well known work benefit ... worth it ... Werley other works by Derek Holt and are potentially ... involve the actual work in the capable of competition by Russian composers like Shostakovich ... and for coffee at ... the news via different ... conductors or or or or a musician ... aam ... but to ensure that the one that can't be handicapped attracted to the Supreme Court never had to address the question several years ago ... some complained about the ... act of Congress that ... last week extended the length of copyright far beyond ... what they've ever been before ... the Supreme Court to decline to her first Congress ... there ... with a ... little different in that incident involves work that were never copyrighted in the United States will that work on the right for all ... and yes there's also a host of other issues ... that are going to the Supreme Court is going to have to contend with ... you know in in your memory you where you placed in Stocky ... in terms of that that you know the significance ... of the decisions that will will be handed down ... I'm exactly how ... you know Apple they're going to be ... on American society ... well ... BP and Juniper but that only ... time will tell you ... certainly isn't one of ... the ... year looked a bit more interesting that last year ... but the really big ticket are further down the pariahs ... one of course is the of the challenge to ... the ... report will care at the health care overhaul the present Obama signed ... yesterday the Justice Department appealed ... a ruling that want to ... up to the Supreme Court ... almost certainly the Court will agree to hear that it will probably be partners in the spring to that will be ... a huge issue both for constitutional and political importance for the country ... other cases that are in the pipeline ... they might not make it to the Supreme Court this year but we all want waiting to see when there ... are challenges to what ... immigration law what their harsh measures that to Arizona adopted ... by their number to a marriage cases that are ... moving toward the Supreme Court that there are things in the background ... up for action so far of the current doctor to maybe a ... couple that I think ... we will notice one to invoke an underground favourite pastime TV weather ... we got what it is ... tough to lead the ... band by the FTC ... well we we won the the problem here is we never have those finance this is the all new stuff thank you Brian much and so if leave it that just read and ... write write